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Cayenne for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

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Becky (Blantyre, Malawi) on 01/05/2023:
1 out of 5 stars

Cayenne actually makes my period pain worse and my bleeding heavier. I don't think this is a one size fits all kinda thing, be careful ladies.

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Tammy (WI) on 11/05/2022:
5 out of 5 stars

Cayenne Pepper for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

I take a teaspoon full and some tomatoe juice and it tastes like a bloody mary. Helps within an hour!

Isabel (Tampa, Fl) on 03/04/2010:
5 out of 5 stars

Cayenne for heavy periods

When I was bleeding very heavy I took 2 pills of cayenne, then I did the same 2 hours after, one time I took another 2 pills 2 hours after and my period dissappear until next month. I love this site I learn a lot, all I can say is thank you to everybody that contributes to this site.

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Ojua (Lagos) on 11/23/2021:
0 out of 5 stars

I had a crazy experience, I put one teaspoon of cayenne in water and 2 minutes after taking it, my whole system was disrupted, I started vomiting, my stomach hurt so badly that I had to be rushed to the hospital.

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Glori (Florida) on 08/15/2021:
5 out of 5 stars

The teaspoon of cayenne will stop your bleeding immediately. I like putting it in a small amount of water just to get it down (like I do for baking soda when having heartburn) then you can drink as much water as you like. I was severely anemic and it was a close call.

Ontanya (Jersey ) on 12/05/2020:
5 out of 5 stars

I know the feeling days where I just wanted to give up on life, cayenne definitely works. I have fibroids and I'm so thankful they have not been causing chaos this year. I use cayenne, blackstrap molasses and Apple Cider Vinegar for the bleeding. Molasses helps the most. I've been taking chlorophyll with coconut water also. I'm so grateful I did not have to go the hospital this year.

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Glori (Florida) on 12/02/2020:
5 out of 5 stars

cayenne powder for internal bleeding

1 teaspoon cayenne powder in a little amount of water saved my life!!! I had been having female bleeding during first part of covid for about a month I had woke up one morning feeling faint like I just might pass away. I said to myself I really want to be here for my 3 grown children then Dr John Christopher's remedy for bleeding came into my head . He said any bleeding, internal or external, will cease with taking cayenne and also stop a heart attack within seconds after getting it in your mouth!!! It WORKED!!! Thank you Dr Christopher!!!

Holley (Rochester, Ny) on 07/25/2016:
5 out of 5 stars

I was experiencing heavy periods for the last 6 months. I went to the doctor as I was concerned about it. He recommended Minerva (IUD). After a lot of research, I found a lot of negative reviews from women who had this procedure. I decided to research some other options and found some natural options in the form of cayenne. I was skeptical that this could actually work but wanted to try natural remedies before getting something implanted in my body. I purchased cool cayenne supplements (40,000 heat-unit). I took one capsule and saw immediate results. My flow went from very heavy to very light. I would highly recommend this natural alternative before having any invasive procedures, it really works!!!

Maureen (Nairobi) on 07/16/2016:
5 out of 5 stars

I had read that cayenne could help stop bleeding and when one morning I woke up to heavy bleeding and clotting, I decided to give it a try. I mixed one half teaspoon of cayenne with a glass of warm water and within five minutes the flow stabilized.It worked for me.

Penny (Raton, Nm Usa) on 02/17/2016:
3 out of 5 stars

Worked Temporarily

I have had heavy periods with huge clots almost my entire life starting when I was 9. I've had to live with it all this time, except for when I managed to get on "the Pill" when I was in my 20's and then Provera shots when I was in my late 20's - 30's. When I lost my job and stopped being able to afford the shots and didn't want to go to "birth control clinics" to get them because they were overpriced even there, I just gradually started bleeding and clotting again. The few times I've been able to even GET Tranexamic acid the way it would work is that it would shorten my cycle and make the periods last about 6 days instead of 7. By now I can't use Shepherd's Purse because I'm over 40 and with high blood pressure and that has an "estrogenic" effect which is contraindicated for older women and women with high blood pressure. Anything progestin-based would not be, nor would tranexamic acid be. However, I am in a part of a country where those things aren't readily available without a doctor's prescription and that costs money and frankly, doctors are the reason why I went to law school in the first damned place. In the States you have state-by-state lack of health care and it's controversial; I'm covered by MassHealth as I'm Massachusetts resident but currently out of state, but I'm covered out of state in emergency room situations only. The American medical profession being what it is, no Emergency Room doctor will give anything for either the high blood pressure or heavy bleeding when you're "from out of state" and not on THAT state's "Medicaid." (Like I said, the medical profession is the reason why I went to law school in the first place). End result: I suffer. Medications that the US thinks require a prescription (I put it that way because tranexamic acid is available over the counter in the UK - you can just walk into Boots or ASDA and buy it right next to the Midol) I have to sit by the mailbox and wait for the postman to deliver it to me from either the UK or Mexico. I have to be extra-careful of what herbal concoctions I take because of being "elderly" and with high blood pressure. I can only say I hope this BlackStrap Molasses stuff doesn't require a damn PRESCRIPTION in the United States!! And that it WORKS. I can't even get anything else without sending to the UK for it (Tranexamic acid is covered by MassHealth but isn't readily available even in Massachusetts).

My legal opinion is that progestin-only pills should be available over the counter. I mean, come on, USA, the "morning after" pill is starting to be offered "behind" the counter.

I found that extremely high doses of Cayenne Pepper (160,000HU) worked a little bit at lightening the flow but at that heat level it's a little hard to keep down. If I put it into empty capsules and try to take it that way, it won't work as well, I don't think. That also works on high blood pressure, like I said, if I can get and keep it down. Last night I tried a spoonful of it right in my mouth and I almost vomited it back up, but I managed to keep some of it down; I have to because of my blood pressure and the fact that I don't want to flood and clot up someone else's sheets and floor. Yeah, I need a Hysterectomy. But I'm thousands of miles away from where it's COVERED and that's what it's all about, folks, here in the US of A. Money. Being able to pay for medical care.

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